Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Muppet feet



My new favorite video. ;)
I love how she lifts her feet up like a Muppet.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

playing and gardening

Over the weekend we had a nice visit with the Spiveys and we were so excited to see Josh and Charlotte finally interacting a little bit with each other. Josh gave Charlotte her first taste of papaya and she ate the whole jar! Oh, and Kris and Lindsay, you can beat us at Settlers anytime. ;)


We love that Charlotte has a buddy who lives nearby and is almost exactly the same size as her. :)
Charlotte kept trying to check out Josh's pacifier...
but of course she'll never take one from us.

Josh was kind enough to let her see it, although I think he's looking for Rob to intervene here. (Check out those muscle-y arms!)

Also on Saturday we got a few veggies planted in the backyard- tomatoes, onions and broccoli so far. I just bought a couple of pepper plants today to add to our garden and Rob has been talking about a melon of some sort... but we'll see about that- those vines can be crazy.

That brown blob in the middle of this picture is the rather large groundhog living under our neighbor's shed. He better keep away from my broccoli! (We see an amazing amount of wildlife for having a 20' x 50' yard- or whatever it is- I don't estimate well.)

Rob took these pictures of Charlotte "gardening."

After these photos, we had a hard time getting her out of her Bumbo seat. Poor girl, her thighs were stuck and she looked a little bewildered!

Friday, April 20, 2007

6 months old yesterday!

Wow... we can't get over how quickly Charlotte is growing. At her check-up yesterday she was 17 lbs (75th percentile) and 27.5 inches long (95th percentile!!)
The most noticeable changes to us though have been in her behaviors... She LOVES when Rob throws her in the air and swings her around. She laughs now when we laugh- even when we're sure she didn't get the joke. She eats everything that we give her (she must take after Rob there- I've never been that adventurous of an eater.) And she makes us laugh with her jabbering and squealing (as long as it's not too close to our ears.)
Happy 1/2 Birthday baby!
Upside down girl strikes again!


Mmmm... watered down grape juice

Hey Mikey, I think she likes it


All tuckered out (go Cougars volleyball!)

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

pictures from Max's birthday

Josh has posted a few pictures from Max's first birthday on his blog at http://spiveyfamily.blogspot.com/2007/04/party-like-its-your-birthday.html

(There is a very cute one of Charlotte and Josh!)

And of course, Max has pictures on his blog at http://sunserver.homelinux.org:8080/index.php?/archives/99-Maxs-1st-Birthday-and-His-party.html

Enjoy! :)

Monday, April 09, 2007

Happy Easter!

We hope you all had a nice Easter weekend!

We had a great time taking Charlotte to her first birthday party on Saturday- for her buddy Max who turned 1. We also enjoyed eating out at the Bombay Peacock to celebrate Rob's birthday and our 18 month anniversary. :) Of course we forgot our camera- but here are some pictures from Charlotte's first Easter at our house...

This is Hazel. I couldn't get very close to take a picture, but she has enjoyed eating lunch in our backyard most days since we moved in. Rob named her after the chief bunny in the book Watership Down. I think maybe she works for the Easter Bunny.


These were our Easter baskets- one for Charlotte and one for Mom and Dad.


Charlotte enjoyed that everything in her Easter basket could go in her mouth. This picture makes me think of Elvis... I guess it's the combination of the raised lip and the jammies.


All dressed up for church.

Charlotte and her Daddy. Happy Birthday Rob!!!

We love you. :)

Thursday, April 05, 2007

some random photos from this week

We've been having some beautiful Spring weather and Rob, Charlotte and I have all been enjoying walks around our neighborhood.

We dyed Easter eggs this week... we knew the concept would be pretty much lost on our Peanut, but Rob humored me and we did it anyway. This egg says "Charlotte" in Arabic. ;)


"Can I eat it?"

And lastly, Charlotte has developed some new eating habits lately that we're not thrilled about. She likes to chew on her bib between bites (especially if she thinks the service is too slow) and she sticks her tongue out a lot. Rob's theory is that she's discovered her tongue is what does the tasting... I dunno.

Sunday, April 01, 2007

a bit of news...


Hi all! We just wanted to share our happy news that we are once again expecting a baby!!! Baby Anderson should be arriving in October- boy, we just love October- our 2 year anniversary, Charlotte's first birthday and a new addition to our little family all at once! :)

We hope that this news finds you all well and enjoying this beautiful first day of April. ;)
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